Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-16

urer whether -ie was not afraid that it might
be robbed. He replied: "No! The vault
rests Oh a solid foundation of stone and
cement and its floor is made of six inches
of chilled iron and steel, the walls are OF
thick masonry, and there are passages
around the whole of it. 1t would not be pos
sible to tunnel under the treasury from the
outside except at an immense expense, run
ming high into the thousands and tens of
thousands of dollars Watchmen are present
at all times, and a touch of an electric bell
would summon the guards from all quarters
of the treasury TO the vault. This big vault
has double doors. Its walls are four feet
thick and of solid granite, and the safe doors
are fastened by time locks of such charac-
ter that they are safe from dynamite. The
vaults of the treasury have never been rihed
in any way, and during eleven years not
dollar has been lost"
81.
saw Ben Butler the other day. What
curious old codger he is! He
wore a heavy fur overcoat, which
was wrapped about his form like an
old woman's cloak, and he had fur
cap pulled down almost to the edge OF his
cooked eve. He was laughing heartily and
his great abdomen was shaking like bowl OF
Jelly when I saw him. was talking to
Tennessee congressman as he passed me, and
the congressman asked me if had ever heard
of the letter which the Hon. Robert l..
Looney wrote Butler when he was elected
governor of Massachusetts,. Said he: "But-
Ter was not at all liked in Tennessee, and after
the war closed there was probably no name
more odious than his. Looney is a very
prominent Democrat of Memphis, and he has
been talked OF as a candidate for United
States senator. He denounced Butler up to
the time of his election as governor Of MaSsa-
chusetts, and then was so glad over the defeat
of the Republicans that he forgave him. He
wrote to Butler congratulating him as fol-
lows:
Governor Benjamin F. Butler:
I'VE Tennesseeans all thank God you have been
elected If you did steal them spoons you are
welcome to keep them. ''R. L. LooNEY.
***
"The most applause 1 ever heard at a
circus in Tennessee" the congressman went on,
occurred in response to a joke on Ben Butler
and his spoons The circus is attended by all
classes in Tennessee, and the people go to
it as freely as they do to the theaters in the
north. At this circus one of the features
was cage of performing rats. There was a
long pole placed upon a couple of chairs, and
at the end OF this, with doors opening out
upon it, was placed little pigeon box made
up of four or five compartments, with hole in
each facing the pole The Snowman stood at
the other end of the pole from the box, and
after dilating on the wonder he was about
TO show, he waved his wand and said: Gen.
Robert e. Lee come forth At this big
gray rat came out of one of the holes, walked
sedately from one end of the pole to the other
and back again into his hole. Then the
Snowman said: Gen. Stonewall jackson
come forth A second rat responded from a
second hole, and went through the same per-
Torrance Gen. Joe Johnston, Gen. Grant
and one or two others were represented in the
same way, and then the Snowman said: Il
will now show you the greatest curiosity
of them all. Gen. Ben Butler, we want
to see YOU At this an old gray rat with
a shaved head and painted eye came out with
a little spoon in his mouth, and trotted up the
pole. The audience went wild. They en-
cored the rat Ben Butler again and again, and
it was the greatest feature of the circus"
l heard a good story of Postmaster Gen.
eIdl V Has yesterday. representative Cdrle-
ton, of Michigan, had had some trouble in
regard to a postal clerk in his district, and
the man had been removed, think at his
suggestion. Villas, to Cartoons surprise, ap-
pointed a man from another district, and
Carleton, in company with Representatives
Maybury and Timothy Tarseney, had come
to protest against the appointment. Villas,
however, seemed obdurate, and he would not
change the appointment to suit Carleton. At
last Timothy Tarseney, who has made such
reputation as a wit, leaned over from his
chair, and looking Villas straight in the eye,
said: "Mr William Villas, know only one
s4>~--s +l4 aso orITs CASE ana That Is one which
relates to political convention in Illinois in |
which Bill Morrison was leading figure
Morrison had adopted a policy which was |
contrary to the opinions Of his friends. He |
was obstinate in it and no one could move |
him. At last an old Irishman, who had long |
been a friend of Morrison and who had al |
ways voted with him, came up to him. He |
threw his arm around Morrisons shoulder |
and said: See here, Bill, you know am |
wild We, and you know l am wild We whether |
ye're right or wrong land here Timothy |
leaned still closer to Villas; but, Bill, try |
and be right this time"
Villas saw the point and leaned back in his |
chair, roaring with laughter The story put |
him in such good humor that he changed |
the appointment and gave it to one of Garlic
tons friends. FRANK G. CARPENTER